Pakistan

Hell and ice water: Glacier melt threatens Pakistan’s future

4:40 pm January 10, 2020

Shisper Glacier (Pakistan): The villagers of Hassanabad live in constant fear. Above them the vast Shisper glacier dominates the landscape: A river of jagged black ice moving towards them at as much as four metres per day. Climate change is causing most glaciers worldwide to shrink, but due to a meteorological anomaly this is one […]

Fishermen released from Pakistan jail meet AP CM

10:32 pm January 8, 2020

Amaravati: The 20 fishermen belonging to Andhra Pradesh, who were set free by Pakistan after a 14-month detention, met Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy at his residence here on Wednesday and thanked him for the efforts to secure their release. The fishermen, who were released from a Pakistani jail on Sunday in a […]

Over 600 Indian Sikh pilgrims arrive in Pak for Guru Nanak Dev's 551st birth anniversary

Union minister Harsimrat condemns mob attack on Sikh shrine in Pakistan

8:51 pm January 4, 2020

Chandigarh: Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal condemned the mob attack on the Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan and said the incident exposes the “true face” of Pakistan where “persecution of minorities is a reality”. The Bathinda MP also requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up the matter with his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan […]

Harbhajan expresses concern over Gurdwara Nankana Sahib attack

7:22 pm January 4, 2020

Chandigarh: Cricketer Harbhajan Singh on Saturday expressed concern over a mob attack on the revered Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan and urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to intervene. The veteran off-spinner shared on Twitter two videos of Mohammad Hassan, who was leading the mob and threatening to build a mosque in place of the […]

Don’t want to comment irresponsibly without full knowledge: Kohli on CAA

7:13 pm January 4, 2020

Guwahati: India captain Virat Kohli has refrained from making any comments on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), without gaining full knowledge on the sensitive subject. The CAA will grant Indian nationality to people belonging to minority communities — Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians — in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan after six years of […]